. The dairyman's manual. A practical treatise on the dairy .. . Fig. 45.—MTLK CLOSET. Fig. 46.—INTEBIOB OP MILK CLOSET. A most convenient arrangement of shelves for a slial-low-pan dairy, which was used in the Beacon farm dairyut Northport, Long Island, when it was under the chargeoi Mr, Wm. Crozier, is shown at figure 44. It is madeto revolve upon pivots fitted in the floor and ceiling, andsaves many steps in the work of skimming and replacingthe filled pans. For a family dairy where one cow is kept it is seldompossible to have a separate milk-house, and a cupboard orrefrigerator must be used


. The dairyman's manual. A practical treatise on the dairy .. . Fig. 45.—MTLK CLOSET. Fig. 46.—INTEBIOB OP MILK CLOSET. A most convenient arrangement of shelves for a slial-low-pan dairy, which was used in the Beacon farm dairyut Northport, Long Island, when it was under the chargeoi Mr, Wm. Crozier, is shown at figure 44. It is madeto revolve upon pivots fitted in the floor and ceiling, andsaves many steps in the work of skimming and replacingthe filled pans. For a family dairy where one cow is kept it is seldompossible to have a separate milk-house, and a cupboard orrefrigerator must be used as the receptacle. An excel- THE CARE OF MILK. 853 lent closet, devised by the author and found very useful,is shown at figure 45, It is enclosed by wire gauze toexclude flies and admit air, and is provided inside withrevolving shelves (figure 46) by which the milk may beput in and taken out most conveniently. The cream jaris kept under the shelves. A closet of this kind willhold five tiers of two, three, or four pans each, theshelves being six or eight


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